And yes, @Tony Wooldridge I'll have to calculate a final score in the battle of the "do trust" vs.

Thanks for lookingTo start I personally have ten years in the construction industry, so my initial plan is to do all the rehabbing in house buy purchasing REO and flipping them with my own laborers, now obviously I would need to speak to a CPA to see how I could structure something like this, weather I keep my GC business and pay out my business as a GC or keep it all together under the flipping side of the business.After I have weathered the battle of flipping several REO and have built substantial working capitol, id like to move into the buy and hold side of the business, continuing to purchase depressed properties and flip to rent.

However, I am still willing to battle it in cases where 1) my insurance is risk 2) It is a hardship on my other tenants and may be willing to battle it for violation of lease (depends on the tenant and the situation). 

If you have copper thefts in the area or appliances thefts, you might could convince the police it is burglary, but that's going to be a tougher battle to fight.   

As with everything, getting started is always an uphill battle and I get that.I would be looking right now for a title company because thats not something you want to find at the last minute(trust me).Yeah.

I have two properties in the Fort Bragg area that are being managed by a battle buddy of mine that I have served with for over 10 years.

(unless of course you are ready for a battle and have a large amount of money to do so)2.

@Rudy Manna...I believe there are still good deals to be had in MLS but you are more likely to get into a price battle with other investors/buyers acquiring through MLS. 

You're getting some emotional responses here and going down that road may win you the battle, but you'll lose the war.

I've been told there are legal battles between the casinos and AirBnB and that could last quite a while before settled.